There will now be no shortage of teachers in Bihar… CM Nitish Kumar handed over appointment letters to 51,389 teachers in the third phase.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today provided appointment letters to 51,389 teachers selected by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) at Patna's Gandhi Maidan. During the event, the Chief Minister symbolically handed over appointment letters to Nutan Kumari, Aarti Kumari, Varsha Raj, Khushboo Kumari, Pankaj Kumar, Saniya Parveen, Kajal Kumari, Ashutosh Anand, Anand, and Mishra Khushboo Sunil.

While handing over the appointment letters to 51,389 teachers at Patna Gandhi Maidan, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stated that he hopes all teachers will discharge their responsibilities well. He mentioned that when they got the opportunity to work here, several steps were taken for improving the education sector. Appointments of contractual teachers were made, and in 2023, the Bihar Public Service Commission recruited new teachers. In the first phase, 1,20,336 teachers were recruited, and in the second phase, 94,833 teachers were recruited. Appointment letters for teachers from both phases have already been handed out.

Today, in the third phase, 51,389 newly appointed teachers were given appointment letters. With these three phases, a total of 2,68,548 new teachers have been appointed. Additionally, 42,918 headmasters who passed the BPSC exam will be given appointment letters next month. Including all four phases, the total number of newly appointed teachers from BPSC will be 3,11,466.

The Chief Minister said that due to the shortage of teachers earlier, from 2006-07, a large number of contractual teachers were appointed through Panchayats and Municipalities, totaling approximately 3,68,000 teachers. Among them, 28,000 contractual teachers passed the BPSC exam and became government teachers. The remaining 3,40,000 teachers stayed as contractual teachers, and it was decided that these contractual teachers wouldn't have to appear for the BPSC exam. Instead, they would be given five chances to take a separate exam and become government teachers.

So far, competency exams have been conducted for 2 lakh teachers. 1,87,818 contractual teachers passed the first competency exam, and 66,143 passed the second. In total, 2,53,961 contractual teachers have become government teachers. Only 86,039 contractual teachers are left, who will be given three more chances. Adding the 3,11,466 newly appointed government teachers from BPSC to the 2,53,961 teachers from the contractual system, the total number of government teachers in the state will reach 5,65,427.

The Chief Minister mentioned that they have always worked for the upliftment of all. Several steps were also taken for the empowerment of women. A large number of schools were opened, and new classrooms were created in many schools. In 2006-07, the uniform scheme for boys and girls was launched. In 2008, the cycle scheme was introduced for girls to go to school in class nine. Later, from 2010, the cycle scheme was also extended to boys. To promote girls' education, higher secondary schools (10+2 schools) were opened in all Panchayats.

Previously, girls used to get ₹10,000 on passing the 12th exam, but now this has been increased to ₹25,000. Similarly, the incentive for graduates has been increased from ₹25,000 to ₹50,000. Girls are now studying well, and the number of boys and girls in schools is almost equal. Earlier, very little money was spent on education. Now, almost 22% of the state's budget is spent on education, and it will be further increased.

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